Author: ELLIS, John.
Title: Natuurlyke historie van de koraal-gewassen, en andere dergelyke zee-lighamen, die men gemeenelyk vind op de kusten van Groot-Brittanien en Ierland; benevens eene beschryving van een grooten zee-polyp, in den zomer van't jaar 1753, by den Noord-Pool door de walvis-vangers gevonden. Uit het Engels vertaald door Jan Tak.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Pieter de Hondt, 1756.4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt (top of spine rep.). With title printed in red and black, handcoloured engraved frontispiece and 39 handcoloured engraved plates after Ehret. XVI,118 pp.First and only Dutch edition, first published in London in 1755: Essay towards the natural history of the corallines. - 'Ellis's scientific interests possessed a strong aesthetic cast. With these miniature marine landscapes, the ancestors of today's indoor aquaria, Ellis amused the Princess Dowager of Wales and the young princesses. Solander, who brought back many rare corals from the Pacific, co-operated closely with Ellis in his work' (Smith, European vision and the South Pacific, p.104). - With fine handoloured plates, the last one shows Mr. Cuff's microscope which the author used for his research. - Marginal staining in lower corner otherwise fine.Landwehr, Coloured plates, 57; Nissen ZBI,1281; Nissen BBI, 590.
Keywords: Jubileum cat. Pacific travel
Title: Natuurlyke historie van de koraal-gewassen, en andere dergelyke zee-lighamen, die men gemeenelyk vind op de kusten van Groot-Brittanien en Ierland; benevens eene beschryving van een grooten zee-polyp, in den zomer van't jaar 1753, by den Noord-Pool door de walvis-vangers gevonden. Uit het Engels vertaald door Jan Tak.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Pieter de Hondt, 1756.4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt (top of spine rep.). With title printed in red and black, handcoloured engraved frontispiece and 39 handcoloured engraved plates after Ehret. XVI,118 pp.First and only Dutch edition, first published in London in 1755: Essay towards the natural history of the corallines. - 'Ellis's scientific interests possessed a strong aesthetic cast. With these miniature marine landscapes, the ancestors of today's indoor aquaria, Ellis amused the Princess Dowager of Wales and the young princesses. Solander, who brought back many rare corals from the Pacific, co-operated closely with Ellis in his work' (Smith, European vision and the South Pacific, p.104). - With fine handoloured plates, the last one shows Mr. Cuff's microscope which the author used for his research. - Marginal staining in lower corner otherwise fine.Landwehr, Coloured plates, 57; Nissen ZBI,1281; Nissen BBI, 590.
Keywords: Jubileum cat. Pacific travel
Price: EUR 1045.00 = appr. US$ 1135.76 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 33544
- Book number: 33544